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All my results are within the ranges except UIBC. I showed the result to a doctor and they said everything is fine. Should I get a second opinion?

IRON: 136 (60- 180)

U.I.B.C: 138 (155-300)

T.I.B.C: 274 (250 - 425)

TRANSFERRIN SATURATION: 49.63 % (20 - 50 %)

FERRITIN: 40.0 (5-205)

I'm also worried about the transferrin saturation as it's nearly 50%. I also have the CBC result and it seems fine.

Any advice would be so appreciated

Many thanks

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All looks OK to me. I have harmachromatosis and I’ve never had a Tsat result that low. I’ve been 80-90% at times, and typically around 70%. My consultant isn’t particularly concerned about T sat because it can fluctuate over the course of a day anyway. I don’t see anything to worry about with those results. I’ve never even had a ferritin result as low as yours even after venesection. Enjoy being normal.

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GHLen,

Welcome to our forum,

Labs have to be viewed in context of health conditions and you have nothing in your bio. If you have haemochromatosis then your labs look good. 

If you don’t have haemochromatosis then in direct opposition to this forums aim,  you would be trying to raise ferritin which is only 17% through range. Ferritin attaches your storage (excess) iron to keep it safe from being free.

Transferrin saturation is only a calculation of serum iron and transferrin which an iron protein carrier to transport around the body. Yours is at the higher end of range because you have more serum iron in proportion to transferrin, meaning that amount of transferrin is highly saturated. 

Transferrin levels can fall due to inflammatory processes but both your ferritin and ESR are low. 

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